The Fall River Public Library launces LEGO Family Night

Children ages 8 and older are encouraged to attend with their parents to work on a project.

John G. AndradeCorrespondent

FALL RIVER — The Fall River Public Library, 104 North Main Street, has always been dedicated to promoting literacy, creativity, and academic excellence in the community.

Not only do they work with elementary schools to get children involved in extracurricular reading, but they also hold events that foster and encourage a growing mind to challenge and critically engage with its environment.

The library will be holding a recurring Family LEGO Night, where children ages 8 and older are encouraged to attend with their parents to work on a project that will not only help to stimulate creativity, but will encourage bonding and build communication skills.

The monthly Family LEGO Night starts Wednesday, April 30, at 6 p.m. in the library’s meeting room. Each session will last about an hour and will employ various changing themes from month to month. April 30’s theme will be “Castle Building” while the challenges for the following months will be building a “Soaring Tower” (May 28) and “Futuristic City Building” (June 25).

“The library began a drive at the start of the year asking the public to donate their gently used LEGOs for this event and the response has been wonderful!” said Supervisor of Children’s Services David Mello. “Not only have we been receiving used LEGOs, but in many cases, people have been purchasing entirely new kits for us.”

At the present time, there are no signup restrictions in effect.

“(The conventions of putting on such a program) are all very new to the Library so we don’t know what kind of response we will receive. So far, reactions to our LEGO announcement have been most enthusiastic.

“LEGOs are a wonderful way for a child to explore their creativity and expand their imagination,” said Mello. “Not only does a child’s imagination and building skills come into play, but they are also utilizing math skills and basic engineering concepts. It’s not only fun but a learning experience.”

The library is still accepting LEGO donations. Any and all amounts of donated, clean, slightly used or unused LEGOs are welcomed.

For more information on the LEGO nights or the any other events held at the Fall River Public Library, contact David Mello by email at dmello@sailsinc.org, phone at 508-324-2700 Ext. 4 or by visiting www.fallriverlibrary.org.